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TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION OF THE HKG, 63 PERCENT OF THE INTERVIEWEES EXPRESSED CONFIDENCE ABOUT HONG KONG'S PROSPERITY AND STABILITY (5 PERCENT DOWN FROM RESULTS IN JULY). 70 PERCENT OF THE INTERVIEWEES SAID HONG KONG'S FUTURE WAS THE SUBJECT THEY

WERE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

19. A MING PAO POLL SHOWED (7-8.12) THAT DESPITE CHINESE CRITICISMS, CLOSE TO 50 PERCENT OF 540 INTERVIEWEES STILL THOUGHT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD IMPLEMENT THE PROPOSED ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE 1995 LEGCO. RESULTS SHOWED THERE WAS A SLIGHT DROP IN THE RATING OF THE GOVERNOR'S PERFORMANCE AT 59.12 PERCENT OUT OF 100 (FROM 62.9 PERCENT IN END OCTOBER AND 60.2 PERCENT IN EARLY NOVEMBER). IT WAS NOTED THIS WAS A RATHER HIGH RATING HAVING REGARD TO RECENT

HEAVY CHINESE CRITICISMS (THEIR STATEMENTS ON CT9 AND FRANCHISES

STRADDLING 1997).

20. WAH KIU YAT PO REPORTED (7.12) RESULTS OF A POLL CONDUCTED ON 1 AND 2 DECEMBER COVERING 726 PEOPLE BY TELEPHONE. 34.7

PERCENT SAID THEY WERE STILL SATISFIED WITH THE POLICY ADDRESS

OVERALL WHILE 14.5 PERCENT WERE NOT. THE REPORT NOTED THERE WAS A SLIGHT DROP IN THE PERCENTAGE OF SUPPORTERS IN COMPARISON WITH

PREVIOUS SURVEYS OVER THE PAST TWO MONTHS.

'HONG KONGS' IN CHINA

21. A CNA SIGNED ARTICLE SAID (5.12) THERE WAS AN URGENT NEED TO

SET UP SEVERAL HONG KONGS' IN CHINA IN ACCORDANCE TO THE FAR-SIGHTED VIEWS OF DENG XIAOPING. THE ARTICLE SAID HONG KONG'S

PORTS WERE SERIOUSLY OVERLOADED AND IF CHINA CONTINUED TO RELY ON HONG KONG FOR EXPORT, IT WOULD BECOME A 'BOTTLENECK' HINDERING CHINA'S STEPS TOWARDS THE FUTURE.

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